Aquaponics is a portmanteau word, including aquaculture (fish rearing) and hydroponics (soilless plant breeding). An aquaponics system allows the double-use of water, nutrients, energy, and space. Wastewater from the aquaculture section is used for the nutrition of the plants.

This “Green Technology” will be modeled, built, and evaluated for large-scale demonstration facilities, each at about 500m². The sites will be located in Spain, Belgium, Germany, and China.

Also several urban farming communities in different cities will be provided with small mobile aquaponics systems to test them in the framework of the project researches and develompment.

As one of the 18 INAPRO partners, I will develop in 2014 the scenography and object design drafts for the smaller mobile aquaponics systems. With the aim to integrate them aesthetically and to convey to the public the essence and the ecological relevance of the applied production method in an artistic manner.